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Compilation failed...

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This means that something is bad with your DB_File.pm. If you load it from the command line like this:

perl -MDB_File -e1

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... you should see the actual error. Maybe take a look at what DB_File.pm contains.

Normally, there is no need to "install" DB_File, because it comes with Perl itself. How did you "install" DB_File?

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Re^2: Perlfect aborted when loading DB_file.pm
by blackcode (Novice) on Dec 26, 2009 at 21:44 UTC
    First, Thanks alot for your help! 
    # perl -MDB_file -e1
Can't locate DB_file.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/l
+ib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share
+/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_pe
+rl .).
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.

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    Thats the error I got. And on installation, i first installed Berkeley as DB_file required db.h to /usr/local/contrib/include and ../lib. And i configured config of DB_File.pm to point to db.h and did a make install. I actually am not too sure when i should put DB_file.pm Any suggestion greatly appreciated! :)

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      Perl distinguishes between DB_file and DB_File. The module is named DB_File, so you better check again using:

      perl -MDB_File -e1

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      Also, I don't really understand your description of your installation. Did install DB_File via the CPAN tool or do:

      perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

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      (the two are roughly equivalent) or did you do another form of "install"?

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      Note: It's "DB_File"--not "DB_file". As Corion said, DB_File is part of the core since the beginning of perl5. It's also dualLived, so it can be updated.

      I can't find anything essentially wrong with DB_File nor search.pl; however, the README in the source emphatically says to use ssh/telnet. HTTP can lead to breaches of security and "should be used only when absolutely necessary".

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        # perl -MDB_File -e1 gave me an empty result back. And installation was 

        perl Makefile.pl
make
make test
make install

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        which installed without errors.

        Also, tes via ssh, i get it perfectly well, both indexer.pl & search.pl. I am only trying to get search.pl in cgi-bin dir worked so people could search via http.

        Thank you all alot for your help! Regards, John

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